Facilitating Longitudinal Interaction Studies of AI Systems

1/ About: Why this Workshop?

Researchers in the UIST community develop novel tools and systems to address complex user challenges. Recent AI advances further lower the cost and barriers to turning ideas into functional AI prototypes and (re-)deploying them quickly.

However, the true value and impact of these AI systems often cannot be captured in a single moment. User interactions with AI are not static; they evolve through continuous learning, adaptation, and even repurposing of the technology over days, weeks, or months. Consequently, traditional one-time evaluations are insufficient for understanding these rich, long-term dynamics. Capturing this evolution requires longitudinal research, yet such studies have historically been difficult to implement due to significant challenges in deployment, evaluation design, and data collection.

Our Mission

This workshop directly confronts these obstacles by preparing researchers with practical strategies for conducting meaningful AI longitudinal studies. Our primary goal is to bridge the gap between UIST's strength in building innovative prototypes and the need for real-world, sustained deployment—a challenge critical to both academic research and industry. By bringing together a diverse group of experts, we seek to foster a vibrant community around longitudinal systems research and promote it as a more widely embraced method for designing, building, and evaluating the next generation of UIST tools.

2/ Call for Participants

Join us for a hands-on workshop on conducting longitudinal AI studies. Learn practical skills, gain industry insights, and build community with researchers working on long-term AI evaluation.

Who Should Attend

   HCI/UIST researchers who care about their system’s performance, usability, and UX beyond that 1-hour study :)
+ AI practitioners, designers, industry product managers, and UX professionals.

What You'll Gain

•    Crash course on longitudinal HCI/UIST studies — how to run them, navigate challenges and unique opportunities.
•    Industry and academic insights — from experts with real-world experience in long-term system evaluation.
•    Hands-on activities and guidance — plan and design longitudinal studies around your own system right away.
•    Case studies, templates, and toolkits — to help build a longitudinal version of your system and effective study protocols.
•    A lasting community of system researchers — dedicated to advancing methods and evaluation for interactive systems.

Registration

UIST 2025 workshops are open to all, with limited spots available on a first-come, first-served basis. No position paper needed.

3/ Workshop Schedule

Our one-day workshop is structured into four distinct phases, designed to move from foundational knowledge to hands-on application and future planning.

4/ Organizing Committee

This workshop is organized by a diverse team of leading researchers and practitioners from world-class academic institutions and pioneering industry labs. This unique blend of expertise is central to the workshop's mission of bridging the gap between foundational academic research and real-world industrial application. The organizers' collective experience spans human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, computational design, and the deployment of large-scale, long-term systems. Providing direct links to their professional pages allows attendees to explore their work, fostering transparency and building confidence in the quality of the workshop.

    If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to    📧✨ long@cs.columbia.edu